Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 23:55:26 -0500
Reply-To: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
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From: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: What to do with a crash survivor
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North of Sante Fe, Taos.....How about Cimmaron? Those are some of the best
and most beautiful areas of the country that i have seen in my vas travels.
For those of you who have never made it to this region in New Mexico, its
simply spectacular.
And now theres a vanagon in need down there (Vanagon content)
-Craig
'85gl
On Jan 7, 2008 9:52 PM, Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
wrote:
> Hi Neale,
> Thanks for saying where you are.
> North of Sante Fe, Taos ?
> I have a 'thing' about that area ...........'north of Sante Fe'
> ...........like out on the Mesa west of Taos.....i love it there !
> makes
> me wanna go. I was though there in April.
> I'm glad you survived your mishap in pretty good shape. I don't know
> how
> long you've lived I NM, but I'd be extra careful driving there in general.
> Spectacular country !
> Any offers from insurance yet ?
> If it was closer, I'd be interested in buying it, but since I'm in
> southern
> Oregon, and it's not a runner.....................
> Be well !
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Neale Pickett
> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 10:54 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: What to do with a crash survivor
>
> Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> writes:
>
> > What did you hit, and what was the damage to it?
>
> No passenger vehicle will fare well when side-impacted at high speed.
> The other car was a late-model Toyota 4-door and the Vanagon acted like
> a battering ram (as would anything I presume). The driver had a
> fractured pelvis and the passenger had some internal bleeding. The
> side-curtain airbag kept the driver's head from smacking the window or
> our grill. I imagine that prevented some pretty severe head trauma.
>
> There is no doubt that this is the collision scenario the Vanagon
> handles best. I don't know how I would have fared if another Vanagon
> had broadsided me, but I was amazed at how well the Toyota protected its
> passengers.
>
> The advice I've gotten from list members has been great, thanks
> everyone. I talked it over with my wife last night and it's just not
> going to work out for us to part the thing out ourselves. We're just
> going to have to eat the loss of money if we can't find anyone but the
> insurance company to buy it from us.
>
> I didn't mention in our last email that we like in New Mexico, north of
> Santa Fe. If anybody in the area wants to buy the Vanagon in question,
> we're newly-motivated sellers!
>
> Neale
>
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